Sound Off: Why is the nature park on Folks Road just south of Peterson Road called the City of Lawrence if it’s in the county?

Megan Gilliland, the city’s communications manager, provided this information: The park, which is called Folks Road Park, is within city limits and has been owned and operated by the city for more than 10 years. Recently, the city has developed hiking areas within the park.

It was quite a plan! The streets in Lawrence are named, east to west, in the order in which they were admitted into the union. So, in addition to a plan, it is a history lesson!

But don't ask me about how they decided on the order of the names of the original thirteen colonies. No one has ever explained that to me. And, south of 23rd Street, they started over, I know Utah is down there, don't ask me to explain that.

power of the intertubs - starting with vermont and ending with florida, those streets span west in Lawrence in order of their date of admittance to the Union. My question is why start with Vermont ?- as you go east of Mass St., there is a semblance of reverse order of the states admitted to the union .... ending at Delaware, but skipping N. Car., Va., S. Car., & Ga. Did the naming get a bad start ? or was the info available at that time a little less accurate ?
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/states/a/state_admission.htm

If you look at the original plat of Lawrence in 1854, all states were represented. As for why Georgia Street was supposed be located roughly where Haskell Avenue is now and Lawrence doesn't have a Georgia Street, I have some theories but no hard proof.

Referring to the original question: I'd like to ask one covering Martin Park - same general area. Why did the City let a once very nice "family" park become in such terrible condition? I just don't understand it.